Notable people

Limoges was the birthplace of

Maryse Bastié (1898–1952), aviatrix Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837–1894), President of France Henri François d'Aguesseau (1668–1751), chancellor of France Jean Daurat (or Dorat) (1508–1588), poet and scholar, member of the Pléiade Fabienne Delsol, a singer active since 1996 Roger Gonthier (1884–1978), architect Stephen Grellet (1773–1855), Quaker missionary Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762–1833), marshal of France Edmond Malinvaud (1923–present), economist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Émile Montégut (1825–1895), critic René Navarre (1877–1968), actor Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, Duke of Isly (1784–1849), marshal of France Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), preeminent French painter Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753–1793), orator and revolutionary Michel Chevalier (1806-1879), engineer, economist, and statesman